Le Devoir

Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet
Owner(s)	Le Devoir Inc.
Publisher	Brian Myles
Editor	Luce Julien
Founded	1910
Political alignment	Quebec nationalism, Quebec independence, social democracy
Headquarters	1265, rue Berri Montreal, Quebec H3A 3M9
Circulation	29,812 daily, 48,228 Saturday in 2011
ISSN	0319-0722
Website	www.ledevoir.com

Le Devoir is a French-language newspaper published in Montreal and distributed in Quebec and the rest of Canada. It was founded by journalist, politician, and nationalist Henri Bourassa in 1910.

Le Devoir is the only independent large-circulation newspaper in Quebec and one of the few in Canada, in a market dominated by the media conglomerates of Power Corporation's Gesca Limitée (including La Presse) and Quebecor (including Le Journal de Montréal).

Historically Le Devoir was considered Canada's francophone newspaper of record, although in the 21st century it has been challenged for that title by the increased status of competitor La Presse.

Henri Bourassa, a young and promising Liberal Party MP from Montreal, rose to national prominence in 1899 when he resigned his seat in Parliament in protest at the Liberal government's decision to send troops to support the British in the South African War of 1899–1902. Bourassa was opposed to all Canadian participation in British wars and would go on to become a key figure in fighting for an independent Canadian foreign policy. He is considered both a forebear of French Canadian nationalists as well as a Canadian nationalist more generally. He was also an early promoter of the bicultural Anglo-French conception of Canada, and an impassioned advocate for the political and cultural equality of all French Canadians within Confederation, wherever they may reside.

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